Dr. Arvind Patel, Founder & CEO, Valgro India shared with us the inspiring journey of his company and the range of products that Valgro India will demonstrate at IMTEX 2022

Can you take us through the journey of Valgro India since its Inception?

In 1991, I was struggling to survive. Our lower-middle-class family faced a financial crisis after my father lost his job. A deep recession had hit textile industries worldwide, resulting in the closure of many textile mills. The industry in India found itself in a deeper crisis because of the intensifying global competition fuelled by newer technologies and fast-paced innovation.

Our textile industry lacked the adequate capabilities to counter this challenge. Many companies had to stop production. During this time, I started a small trading firm for the supply of industrial products. It was a small setup. By 2005, the start-up had grown into a company called Valgro Engineers Private limited, which imported abrasives from Europe.

In 2009, we started the production of surface conditioning abrasives under the brand name VALGRO. Thanks to an increased demand for our supplied products, we established a well-known brand very fast in the metalworking industries for the surface conditioning applications to be used for the machining process. We have gained a leadership position in offering a value finish with the edge-rounding of machines, without any material deformations and deviation in the dimension – a value offering that is highly prized in the high-precision engineering industries.

To expand our abrasive business, we established Valgro India Ltd, our machine-building division, in 2015 for the manufacturing of metal finishing machinery with a high-precision technology that matched German-standard yet was affordable for even midsize Indian companies.

Today we offer a whole range of renowned brands in metal finishing machinery and abrasives brush and wheel.

Valgro India is a fast-growing company. The reason for our success is our focus on customer-centricity. This is what we are going to demonstrate to our present and potential customers who will visit us at IMTEX Forming 2022 – that we provide international-standard metal-finishing machines at affordable prices in India. 

What are the changes you have seen in the deburring & metal finishing industry in India?

With an increase in raw materials comes a greater need for reliable deburring and edge finishing processes. Deburring remains important and recommended finishing aspect throughout the manufacturing industry. The manufacture of sprockets, gears, camshafts, and other parts depends on the trimming and polishing inherent in the deburring process.

Deburring is regularly used in a variety of manufacturing industries including automobiles, aerospace, computer parts, toy manufacturing, and others.

Each of these areas relies on deburring and edge finishing to remove rough edges, improve cost and performance and enhance safety and appearance. Throughout the world, deburring is a necessary and expected application within the manufacturing process. As the global economy becomes more interconnected, deburring will remain an important element in the production of quality goods throughout the world.

What has been the Impact of the pandemic on your business and what are the steps you have taken to address it?

The pandemic years have altered the course of history. Nobody anticipated the entire world to come to a standstill, yet that is exactly what happened. These two years proved to be extraordinarily tough for the survival of the industry. Everyone had their purpose and ambition, and everyone was rushing blindly toward them, and then the Coronavirus pandemic dealt a huge blow to the growth of industries.

That said, I’ve seen that industries and companies that actively participated in growth-related debates, observations, product improvements, and brand awareness have gained the most and are currently living in a golden period of growth. Throughout the epidemic, we worked relentlessly to improve the durability and precision of all our products to satisfy international standards. 

Today, owing to the combined efforts of all three divisions, we are on schedule to bring Valgro back in a brand-new avatar in 2022 which you can see at our booth at this year’s IMTEX.  We provide advice on which machines to buy and how to use them in addition to abrasives. We will continue to do all possible to deliver a comprehensive solution to every consumer.

What are the machines & products you are exhibiting at IMTEX 2022?

 At the IMTEX exhibition, Valgro will showcase the entire range of deburring and finishing machines that include, for the first time ever, our Made in India brands, which is a proud achievement for us and the industry.  We are displaying the following Made in India brands a first for the industry. 

• Plasma and Gas cut parts Slag removal machine Satya SLR Series
• Laser-cut and fine blanking part deburring and edge rounding: LBF Karam series
• Laser-cut parts deburring and Finishing: SAMARTH DB Model
• End edge deburring for pipe and Tube
• Wide belt sander – Deburring of sheet metal parts
• Polishing machine for Pipe tube and Sheet metal Parts
• Wide range of Surface conditioning abrasives and many more. 

Please came and see a live demonstration at Hall no. 2A Booth C102 – Valgro India Limited

Valgro India’s Message to Imtex 2022’s Visitors.

[Text] IMTEX is India’s most anticipated Expo for the sheet metal forming market. Every year, we attend IMTEX to showcase our new product line for deburring and metal finishing operations. 

Sheet metal working industries require high-productivity deburring and metal finishing processes to boost productivity while reducing rejection and rework.

We will be showcasing a variety of deburring and metal finishing equipment for a wide range of applications, including sheet metal fabrications, tubes, and shearing cuts, as well as laser cuts, plasma cuts, and gas cuts. 

For usefulness and safety, any form of cut necessitates a burr-free surface.  Valgro India will showcase its whole deburring and surface finishing product line. 

We’d like to extend an invitation to all of our potential clients to bring to us their concerns and sample components.  We will demonstrate live our current line of machinery at this year’s IMTEX.

Seeing is believing, but the feeling is a more memorable sensation. Experience the new Valgro. 

We welcome our customers. Please view and experience the amazing technologies of our new, affordable innovations for India’s industries.